Amerigo Vespucci Quotes


They are very light footed in walking and in running, as well the men as the women: so that a woman thinks nothing of running a league or two, as many times we saw them do: and herein they have a very great advantage over us Christians: they swim with an expertness beyond all belief, and the women better than the men


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Amerigo Vespucci, 1452-1512, Italian Explorer, Description of South American Indians, Letter to Pier Soderini, Gonfalonier of the Republic of Florence, 1497

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Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
  • Born: March 9, 1451
  • Died: February 22, 1512
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  • Profession: Merchant, Explorer, Cartographer

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian-born merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived. He became a Castillian citizen in 1505.